Randall Ross Kugler

Miami-Dade Police Department — Doral, FL

Cardiac

End of Watch March 10, 2000

Age 37

Tour of Duty 16 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 9

Incident

Detective Randall Kugler suffered a fatal heart attack following an investigation of stolen heavy equipment.

He had been called to a crime scene by the Broward County Auto Theft Task Force to identify the two pieces of equipment. In an effort to identify the serial numbers of the equipment, he spent nearly two hours in a cramped, poorly ventilated space using paint thinner to remove new paint. Detective Kugler left the scene and suffered a heart attack in the area of 2320 Ali Baba Avenue approximately 30 minutes later while driving to another assignment.

Detective Kugler had served with the Miami-Dade Police Department for 16 years and was assigned to the Economics Crime Division.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife and two children.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Detective Kugler gave the Miami-Dade Police Department 16 years.
Thank you for your service to the Doral community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Detective Kugler.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department Miami-Dade Police Department

Location Doral, FL

Platform Identity mdpd.miamidade.fl.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch March 10, 2000

Tour of Duty 16 yrs

Age 37

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Cardiac

Detective Randall Ross Kugler is one of 1,306 officers lost to cardiac events in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 4% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In FL, 62 of 1,008 officers were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 6.2% of this state's fallen. That is 2.2 percentage points above the national rate of 4%.

At Miami-Dade Police Department, 1 of 10 officers on record were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 10% of this agency's fallen.

Miami-Dade Police Department

of 10 officers

10% Cardiac

FL — Statewide

of 1,008 officers

6.2% Cardiac

Nationwide

1,306

of 32,508 officers

4% Cardiac